[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.696 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.696 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.696 - **Language:** English ### [c19.696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.696) The country of Gauda was known for its silk-garments (\*dukūla\*)²³⁵ The whole of Bengal was denominated eastern Gauda from its capital of the same name, the ruins of which lie near Malda at a distance of about ten miles.²³⁶ - [Previous: c19.695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.695) - [Next: c19.697](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.697) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.696) · Pramāṇa